Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2021 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2020-29494

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in Avamar from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell EMC Avamar Server, versions 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, contain a Path Traversal Vulnerability in PDM. A remote user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to gain unauthorized write access to the arbitrary files stored on the server filesystem, causing deletion of arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Avamar	unspecified – before HF 19.1, 19.2, 19.3

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000181806/dsa-2020-272-dell-emc-avamar-server-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities x_refsource_MISC